the list goes on and on. how can we stand by and just let this shit continue? how can you?
I don't. I haven't and won't buy Windows XP. I paid $40 for a boxed SuSE distro, to financially support an alternative. I don't buy any MS software, because I think it's crap.
That is how capitalism works - the people "vote" with their money. I can't think of a single common application that Microsoft can do that can't be done on mac, linux, solaris, etc.
The government does not exist to protect stupid consumers from themselves. If you want to change the software industry, start spending money in it.
That's the same as saying you can stop a DoS by killing your internet connection.
Not quite.
You can close the slow connections.
You can find the RIAA IPs and put them in hosts.deny.
You could encrypt the files with a symmetric cypher and offer the passphrase as a download, or put it in the filename - thus fooling the RIAA name/filesize checkers.
You could use any of the "pig-latin" like naming schemes created for napster.
Yes, none of those are "nice" solutions, but the RIAA is not flooding you with traffic - only filling the offered connections, nothing more.
The original definition of a hacker is "someone who makes furniture with an axe." Placing restrictions on these types of people is very important for national security.
The day I can install Delorme map tools on a PDA I might reconsider, but, that's for my personal preference.
Solus Pro has been around for a while. If you have the Palm VII (the wireless one), you can download maps and routes to your handheld as you need them.
Yeah, trying to do mapping stuff on a palm-sized screen sucks, but I thought I would point out that it exists, and with GPS support at that.
Well, the "linux rules" statement was made by the submitter, not the editors. The editors just posted a story they though some of us might be interested in. Some submitters write better stories than others, but I like the way the editors quote the submitter - it gives a little flare and sense of community to the front page.
Take your CD player that WILL play the CD, take the line out from the "phones" run a male to male connecter from it to the line-in on your sound card. Use Broadcast 2000 to record an unlimited wave file. Record each song and use lame to wav -> mp3.
The problem with that is that you pass the signal through 2 DACs on the way to your digital copy, which degrades the signal quality. Also, the inside of a computer is a very unfriendly place for an analog audio signal. Thirdly, the resistance in the headphone jack is deadly; if you have to do this, use the line level out.
Now, if you had a pro audio CD player with a digital out, and a nice soundcard with a digital in, it would be a different story. But most consumers don't have the money or need for that kind of hardware.
At my school we didn't do any group projects, and they made sure you knew what you were doing by making you hand-assemble self-modifying code on the final.
So I didn't have any "team" coding experience until I got my job. I don't think I missed out on anything though - if you can debug code on the final, you can debug code a teammember wrote.
When it comes to designinging a product, things are a little different. You sit around and argue high-level implementation for a few weeks, but when you go to code it, it's still just like coding in college.
Except that you are making something cool and not just another program that prints out fake bank recipts.
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Agree completely. I ammended my statement in this post. What I meant was, if they have a warrant and find your key, that's ok.. but you should never have to give it to them, whether through key escrow, backdoors, or anything else.
What I intended by my previous statement was this:
Given that you used encryption, given that your private key hasn't been compromised, and given that they can't brute-force their way in, the only way the government should be able to decrypt your messages is if they get a warrant, search your house, sieze your computer, and find your key.
They should not be allowed to make you tell them your key.
What I think would be interesting, is a Linux worm that used a security hole to get into a box, then closed the security hole, then propagate to other boxes, and finally uninstall itself.
Then you get black worms that exploit vulnerabilities in white worms, white worms that search for black worms and destroy them, black worms that hunt black-hunting white worms, grey worms that fix your security hole but extract a "payment" in the process, grey worms masquerading as white worms, black worms masquerading as white worms, white worms that inadvertantly do damage while trying to do good, black worms that exploit new holes left by those white worms, and pretty soon you've lost track of what worms you thought you had, what worms the white worms told you you had, what the grey worms have taken, and what the black worms have done.
It's much better to fix your own security problems, and not depend on some worm that says it's white.
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what's the most commonly used Win9x compatable pacakge I can grab?
Slashdot Mirror
And you actually have your public key on your userpage! Good for you!
Attention Slashdot: If you do not have your public key on your userpage, you are lame.
ibutton - memory, jvm, crypto, etc.
I don't. I haven't and won't buy Windows XP. I paid $40 for a boxed SuSE distro, to financially support an alternative. I don't buy any MS software, because I think it's crap.
That is how capitalism works - the people "vote" with their money. I can't think of a single common application that Microsoft can do that can't be done on mac, linux, solaris, etc.
The government does not exist to protect stupid consumers from themselves. If you want to change the software industry, start spending money in it.
Let's see, Palm CEO announced this in June, the official press release came out in July, and it is only now hitting Slashdot?
Three fourths of News is New.
Not quite.
Yes, none of those are "nice" solutions, but the RIAA is not flooding you with traffic - only filling the offered connections, nothing more.
You can't do anything about a DoS. You can stop this by killing Gnutella/whatever.
Yeah, I think it's funny watching all these people debate quality using cheap gamer surround speakers.
The original definition of a hacker is "someone who makes furniture with an axe." Placing restrictions on these types of people is very important for national security.
(Joking aside, I agree with your post).
BeOS is pretty much dead since it was bought by Palm. Hopefully we will see elements of BeIA in some future Palm device.
Solus Pro has been around for a while. If you have the Palm VII (the wireless one), you can download maps and routes to your handheld as you need them.
Yeah, trying to do mapping stuff on a palm-sized screen sucks, but I thought I would point out that it exists, and with GPS support at that.
No, it wasn't meant to be a joke. I'm just an idiot with a bad memory. :)
What about the chocolate drink?
Well, the "linux rules" statement was made by the submitter, not the editors. The editors just posted a story they though some of us might be interested in. Some submitters write better stories than others, but I like the way the editors quote the submitter - it gives a little flare and sense of community to the front page.
The problem with that is that you pass the signal through 2 DACs on the way to your digital copy, which degrades the signal quality. Also, the inside of a computer is a very unfriendly place for an analog audio signal. Thirdly, the resistance in the headphone jack is deadly; if you have to do this, use the line level out.
Now, if you had a pro audio CD player with a digital out, and a nice soundcard with a digital in, it would be a different story. But most consumers don't have the money or need for that kind of hardware.
At my school we didn't do any group projects, and they made sure you knew what you were doing by making you hand-assemble self-modifying code on the final.
So I didn't have any "team" coding experience until I got my job. I don't think I missed out on anything though - if you can debug code on the final, you can debug code a teammember wrote.
When it comes to designinging a product, things are a little different. You sit around and argue high-level implementation for a few weeks, but when you go to code it, it's still just like coding in college.
Except that you are making something cool and not just another program that prints out fake bank recipts.
Agree completely. I ammended my statement in this post. What I meant was, if they have a warrant and find your key, that's ok.. but you should never have to give it to them, whether through key escrow, backdoors, or anything else.
These color distinctions come not from skin tone, but from the color of hat these hackers wear.
I agree.
What I intended by my previous statement was this:
Given that you used encryption, given that your private key hasn't been compromised, and given that they can't brute-force their way in, the only way the government should be able to decrypt your messages is if they get a warrant, search your house, sieze your computer, and find your key.
They should not be allowed to make you tell them your key.
Then you get black worms that exploit vulnerabilities in white worms, white worms that search for black worms and destroy them, black worms that hunt black-hunting white worms, grey worms that fix your security hole but extract a "payment" in the process, grey worms masquerading as white worms, black worms masquerading as white worms, white worms that inadvertantly do damage while trying to do good, black worms that exploit new holes left by those white worms, and pretty soon you've lost track of what worms you thought you had, what worms the white worms told you you had, what the grey worms have taken, and what the black worms have done.
It's much better to fix your own security problems, and not depend on some worm that says it's white.
what's the most commonly used Win9x compatable pacakge I can grab?
Grab GnuPG.
If you want nice, easy, email integration, get Eudora and EudoraGPG.
You can send me a test message if you want. My public key is on my slashdot user page. Use the email address in the key.
With public-key encryption, they can still get a warrant and search your house for your private key.
The bottom line is this: They should not be able to decrypt your messages without a warrant.
I meant wireless like the Palm VII or Blackberry.
802.11 would be pretty cool for an iPAQ, or even a color Palm, but I can't see a use for it on a greyscale PalmOS device.
PDABuzz reports they each have a 33MHz Dragonball VZ.
The first PalmOS device with 16MB RAM. No wireless. No color. No bluetooth. Not even PalmOS 4. I guess we'll make a big deal about the battery.
So tell me how you would have diagnosed the problem from windows?
I am aching with curiosity.
I actually "lived on linux alone" throughout college. It was quite nice. The only reason I have windows now is to run Quicken.